Interviews

      The Director-General of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) in this interview, spoke on the recent controversies trailing the 5 per cent Ticket Sales Charge (TSC), the accident-free years in Nigeria and the recent activities of the Consumer Protection Consumers (CPC) in the sector as it relates to protection of air travellers among others. Excerpts:   What is ...

  Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu, the General Manager, Corporate Communications of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), in this interview with journalists, sheds more lights on why the agency automated its car park at the Lagos Airport. Excerpts:   Why FAAN decide to automate the car park at the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos? ...

  By Sade Williams   To emphasise the importance attached to the consideration of Nigeria to become the first country to host the annual World Aviation Forum by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to attend the opening ceremony and flag off the event.   The Forum which holds from the 20th to the 22nd ...

  Captain Fola Akinkuotu, the Managing Director of Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA was at the just concluded inaugural ICAO Aviation Security Symposium AVSEC 2017 in Montreal, Canada where he shared his opinion that all hands must be on deck to take aviation security to a new level in Nigeria. Excerpts:   What is your idea of aviation security being ...

British Airways Regional commercial manager, West Africa, Kola Olayinka, speaks on choosing unexpected travel destinations for winter holidays.    Excerpts: You have been the country manager at British Airways for 6 years, so you are quite familiar with local travel habits and patterns. To which countries do you think Nigerians prefer to travel during winter? Nigerians love to travel at ...